VodafoneThree - HR Business Partner - Strategic Bids
Aggregate function: Human Resources
Business Area: Local HR
Posting Country: United Kingdom
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Newbury + Hybrid
Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits
Working hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday
Security Clearance: This position requires the ability to undergo and obtain a Secure Vetting (SC) clearance.
Hybrid: Our hybrid working approach allows us to work both in the office and at home, providing flexibility and resources to succeed. We don't require you to be in on specific days; we ask people to come into the office 2-3 days each week, for at least 8 days per month. You should work with your line manager to understand expectations for your role.
What you’ll do
This is a high impact HR leadership role at the heart of strategic bids in Vodafone Business. You will lead the development of compelling, bid specific People Plans that create competitive advantage, partnering closely with Sales, Commercial leaders and HR Centres of Excellence. Acting as the HR lead across the bid lifecycle, you represent the people agenda end to end, shaping workforce strategies, defining and evolving bid methodologies, and embedding best in class HR practices. You’ll identify operating model opportunities, drive transformation and continuous improvement, and ensure each bid is underpinned by robust workforce planning, a strong employee value proposition, and clear mobilisation and transition plans that set contracts up for long term success.
Who you are
* You’ll bring a commercial HR mindset and strong generalist expertise, with proven experience working on bids from a people perspective.
* You are confident influencing senior, cross functional stakeholders and leading complex HR activity across multidisciplinary teams.
* Your role will include developing and validating all people related cost inputs, managing employee transfer (TUPE) considerations, mitigating people and compliance risks, and ensuring legal and regulatory integrity throughout the process.
* Experience in HR transformation, project management and translating people strategy into tangible business outcomes is essential, along with a solid understanding of employment legislation.
What we offer
We care about our people’s success by offering great pay, bonuses, up to 28 days off plus bank holidays, and paid time for charity work. You can personalise our benefits for you and your family, like discounts, vouchers, a pension plan and loads more. We help with your career through our amazing learning tools and top‑notch parental leave policies.
Need to Know
We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.
We use AI in different parts of our business to boost innovation, improve efficiency, and create new opportunities. During the interview, we want you to rely on your own knowledge and skills to show us who you really are—your personality, creativity, and abilities. Above all, we’re looking for authenticity and can’t wait to get to know the real you.
We believe that everyone has valuable contributions to make. As a Disability Confident Employer, we actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply for positions within our team. Through the ‘Offer an Interview’ scheme, we aim to offer interviews to a fair and proportionate number of applicants with disabilities who best meet the essential criteria for our vacancies. If you would like to participate in the scheme, you will have the opportunity to indicate this on your application.
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